* This fix prevents...

- Fixed an EndpointSlice Controller hashing bug that could cause EndpointSlices to incorrectly handle Pods with duplicate IP addresses. For example this could happen when a new Pod reused an IP that was also assigned to a Pod in a completed state. ([#115907](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115907), [@qinqon](https://github.com/qinqon)) [SIG Apps and Network]

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### Apps

- Added deleting pods created by `DaemonSet` assigned to not existing nodes. ([#73401](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73401), [@krzysztof-jastrzebski](https://github.com/krzysztof-jastrzebski))

- Kube-proxy, will restart in case it detects that the Node assigned pod.Spec.PodCIDRs have changed ([#113258](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113258), [@code-elinka](https://github.com/code-elinka)) [SIG Network]

- Kubeadm: during execution of the "check expiration" command, treat the etcd CA as external if there is a missing etcd CA key file (etcd/ca.key) and perform the proper validation on certificates signed by the etcd CA. Additionally, make sure that the CA for all entries in the output table is included - for both certificates on disk and in kubeconfig files. ([#106924](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106924), [@neolit123](https://gi...

- Fix bug in the port allocation logic that caused that the NodePort creation with statically assigned portNumber collide in multi-master HA cluster ([#89937](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89937), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG Network and Testing]

- Addressed an issue where a JWT authenticator set up via `--authentication-config` would encounter failures in verifying tokens not signed with RS256. ([#123282](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123282), [@enj](https://github.com/enj))

- Kubeadm: the `--feature-gates` flag is deprecated and no-op for `kubeadm upgrade apply/plan`, and it will be removed in a future release. The upgrade workflow is not designed to reconfigure the cluster. Please edit the 'featureGates' field of ClusterConfiguration which is defined in the kube-system/kubeadm-config ConfigMap instead. ([#125797](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125797), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu))...

- Fix handling of aws-load-balancer-security-groups annotation. Security-Groups assigned with this annotation are no longer modified by kubernetes which is the expected behaviour of most users. Also no unnecessary Security-Groups are created anymore if this annotation is used. ([#88689](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88689),...